Wisconsin's Feingold to Run for US Senate
Source: ABC News
Russ Feingold announced Thursday he will run to reclaim the U.S. Senate seat he lost five years ago to Republican Ron Johnson, fulfilling the hopes of Democrats who have been pushing for the liberal to return to the political arena.
Feingold said in a 90-second video message obtained by The Associated Press before it was to be sent to supporters that he will run for the seat in 2016. He likely will face the incumbent Johnson, a political newcomer when he defeated Feingold by 5 points in 2010. If successful, Feingold would be only the third senator since 1956 to reclaim a seat.
Feingold, 62, served 18 years in the Senate before losing to Johnson. He sat out the 2012 recall election against Gov. Scott Walker, the race for an open Senate seat that fall, and Walker's recall election in 2014. He will be running in a presidential year, when Democratic turnout will likely be stronger in Wisconsin than it was in the 2010 midterm when he lost.
In the video announcement filmed inside his home near Madison, Feingold said his "desire to serve is stronger than ever" and that he wants to fight to "bring back to the U.S. Senate strong independence, bipartisanship and honesty."
Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/apnewsbreak-wisconsins-feingold-run-us-senate-31039529
postulater
(5,075 posts)Tammy and Russ. Great combination.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)Faryn Balyncd
(5,125 posts)K and R.
Overseas
(12,121 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)A majority in the senate.
thesquanderer
(11,969 posts)onehandle
(51,122 posts)cosmicone
(11,014 posts)Russ's supporters will also help Hillary carry Wisconsin.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)totodeinhere
(13,056 posts)Johnson is not at all popular.
elleng
(130,700 posts)cosmicone
(11,014 posts)blm
(113,003 posts)Kerry has been sending him as a special envoy for serious State Dept. matters. He HAD to realize how much his work is still needed.
Stuart G
(38,403 posts)totodeinhere
(13,056 posts)And it can happen.
Gothmog
(144,883 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)mopinko
(69,981 posts)SoapBox
(18,791 posts)Archae
(46,297 posts)As in Ron Johnson.
ColesCountyDem
(6,943 posts)Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)but putting him back into the Senate and removing Ron "Senator Dumbass" Johnson would be equally sweet!
Daniel537
(1,560 posts)Lets help get him back in there.